Two-hundred thirty-three years after this country was born, a motley collection of motive power watches the spectacular display of fireworks happening at the art museum across the Schuylkill River... (more)

NS 4271 leads a deadhead move of the OCS towards Portsmouth, VA for a special move relating to the Heartland Corridor. Thanks to Tom Granville for giving me updates on the train's progress!

PRR 5711 makes it's last run of the day as it pops out of the tunnels at Gallitzin. In the background, you can see roads meandering up to the top of tunnel hill.

A 3 mile hike up old fire roads-turned-ATV trails brought me this beautiful view from above Horseshoe Curve and of some classic engines.

An eastbound autorack train is framed by trees as it crosses Rockville bridge.

During the heat of the day, SRC #90 passes a group of horses taking shelter under the shade of a tree.

This 4-4-0 is preserved in the Smithonian's Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.

Under a maze of catenery, two AEM-7s pull into Union Station and past a tower to possibly await the arrival of train 80, which it will power.

What does it take to get rid of a stubborn pile of snow and ice? A Bobcat, two forklifts, two crew members, and some employees at Big Bay lumber. What does it take to get one of those forklifts un... (more)

Deval seems to be the intersection of multiple high tension wire lines, and UP 5756 proceeds under some of these. In the foreground is CY Tower/Deval Tower.

With a heavy snow falling, an MP36 boards Chicago bound passengers. The blurred snow almost reminds me of Van Gogh's Starry Night.

After a storm dropped 3-6 inches of snow and ice (depending on where you were) on the Chicagoland area last night, the Argonne switcher heads up the branch with a solid train of boxcars bound for ... (more)

In my opinion, the Conrail C40-8Ws were the most unique Dash-8s, with their high headlights and marker lights. Luckily, there are still some around. This and another engine are presumable going to... (more)

With less than month left for most of the Monon semaphores, it came time to make my pilgrimage to Romney and pay tribute to end of an era, and watch these ancient beasts move their arms.

Pace Shot Toward the end of the day, CSXT 7603 with a grain extra speeds toward Crawfordsville and Ames interlocking where it will take the connection toward Indianapolis. Thanks to ... (more)